Harvester



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B. A. PEGK.

HARVESTER.

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E. A. PEGK.

HARVESTER.

No. 567,196. Patented Sept. 8, 1896.

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' E. A. PEOK.

HARVES-TBR.

v No. 567,196.

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Patented Sept. 8,. 1896.

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E. A. PEGK. HARVESTER.

No. 567,196. Patented Sept. 8, 1896.

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E. A. PEOK. VHARVESTER.

No. 567,196. Patented Sept. 8, 1896.

(N0 Model.) 6 Sheets-Sheet 66 E. A.PBOK. HARVESTER.

N0. 667,196. Patented Sept. 8, 1896.

UNITED ST T S ATENT much.

EZRA A. PEOK, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THE DEERING HARVESTERCOMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

HARVEZSTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 567,196, datedSeptember 8, 1896.

' Application filed we... 10,1295. Serial No- 665,232. (No model.)

Toall whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EZRA A. PEoK, of Ohicago, county of Cook, and Stateof Illinois; have invented certain new and useful Improvements inHarvesters, of which the following is a full descriptionQreference beinghad to the accompanying drawings,in which- Figure l is a plan view. Fig.2 is a side elevation of the har vester-frame, gearing, the forwardportion of the wheel-frame, and the associated mechanism. Fig. 2 is aside elevation of the rearward portion of-the wheelframe, the driversplatform, adj ustment-le vers, &c.; Fig. 3, a perspective View showingthe reel and its supportingdevices; Fig. 4,

- a side elevation showing the parts directly be seen in Fig. 1,consists mainly of the thrust tongue A and the axletree A, hingedthereto at the front end. ..The' hinge is. formed by yoke-pieces a ando,securedito the axletree; and by yoke-pieces a and a secured to thethrust-tongue. Outreaching arms from these yoke-pieces areadapted toreceive a hingebolt a The axletreemay consist of a pipe through which anaxle may be passed, or to the ends of which stub axles B and. B may besecured. The stub-axle. B projects stubbleward from the axletree toreceive the main wheel 0 and the sleeve A and the stub-axle 13 projectsgrainward from the opposite end of the axletree to receive thesupportingwheel 0 in a similar manner. secured at a to the thrust-tongueand hinged at a in a yoke-piece a is secured near the grainward end ofthe axletree. The hinge a is substantially coincident with that of a andserves to brace the said axletree to the said thrust-tongue. A bar Asecured conveniently to the brace A at c and to the thrust bars of thegear-frame.

A brace A 7 will thus be seen that the operator may, by

swinging the tiller-shaft, guide the machine.

It will be understood that the foregoing constitutes the mainsupporting-frame of the machine and that the frame (hereinafterdesignated as the harvester-frame) to which the parts directly concernedin cutting, conveying, elevating, and binding the grain are attached issupported upon outreaching arms E, E, and E secured to the axletree A.The arm E is secured to the sleeve A ,which may be considered as onepart with the axletrce because it is connected therewith by the The armE is secured to the yoke-piece a at the grainward end of the axletree,and the arm E to the yoke-piece a. A strut e is secured to and extendsupwardly from the yoke-piece a and a strut e is secured to and extendsupwardly from the sleeve A Brace-rods e and 6 connect the arms E and Eto thestruts c and 6', respectively. A rocking bracket E secured to thethrust-tongue at a short distance behind the gear-frame, reachesupwardly therefrom and is connected with the struts e and e bybrace-rods c and c to'a strut e, similar to those 6 and c,- whichextends .upwardly from the yoke-piece a and which is braced to the arm EThe struts e, e, and c are braced in the direction of the The hand-leverE has a It is also connected of the harvester-frame and the parts whichto the endless aprons of the conveyor andthc it supports iscounterbalanced by the springs F and F, connected to the bracket E byrods f and f at their forward ends and to the evener-yoke F at theirrearward ends. The evener-yoke is pivoted at about its center and isused so that any inequality in the strength of the spring can becompensated for. The harvester-frame G,which supports the parts directlyconcerned in harvesting the grain, consists of bars g, g, g and The bar9 has the guard fingers secured thereto and is generally known as thefinger-bar. To the rear of the finger-bar and extending along its lengthis the endless conveyer H, which is moved in a stubbleward direction tocarry the cut grain to the elevators H,which need but a generaldescription, being of the well-known form and consisting of two endlessaprons between which the grain is elevated to the binder-table. Thebinding attachment H maybe considered as being one of any of thewell-known kinds and as having a frame h and frame-braces 7L. Saidbraces are shown as being hook-shaped at their inner ends to engage thebinderrail 7L2.

7V is a bracket having mounted thereon an antifriction -roller uponwhich the binder frame is adapted to be moved fore and aft for thepurpose of placing the band at about the center of the length of thebundle.

The main wheel 0 has secured thereto a sprocket-wheel I, and at the rearof said wheel is the counter-shaft I,suitably secured to supportsz' and1" upon the gear-frame. Upon the counter-shaft is rotatably mounted asprocket-wheel 1 around which and around the sprocket-wheel I is throwna drivingchain 1 The sprocket-wheel I engages a clutch 1 upon the end ofthe bevel-gear J, which is mounted upon the support 1?. The clutchmovingmechanism is suitably connected to a foot-lever 1 adjacent to the seatof the operator. A short diagonal shaft J is journaled in a bearing jupon the gear-frame, and has secured thereto a pinion J meshing into thebevel-gear J upon the counter-shaft. The bearing 2" of the counter-shaftand the bearing j of the diagonal shaft are preferably made as one pieceand secured conveniently to the bar A K is a shaft journaled in theharvesterframe in a convenient position under the elevator, from whichshaft rotation is transmitted to the cutting, conveying, elevating, andbinding devices. It is connected with the diagonal shaft J by atumbling-shaft K and universal joints 7a and At the front end of theshaft K is a crank L, connected to the sickle L by a pitman L so as togive the said sickle its required movement. A sprocket-wheel L upon theshaft K transmits rotation to the binder by a chain Z and sprocket-wheelZ and a second sprocketwheel l upon the immediate rear end of the saidshaft K transmits the required movement elevator in the usual way.

M and M are arms suitably secured and braced to the harvester-frame andextend forwardly over the conveyer H. They are provided at their forwardends with bearings m and m.

N and N are levers pivoted by their studs '21 and n in the bearings mand m. In the arms a and n of said levers is j ournaled the reel-shaftO, carrying the reel-arms and fans 0. The arms a and n of the levers Nand N are connected by links P and P to cranks p and p upon a rock-shaftP The said arms at" and n have several holes shown therein, by any ofwhich they may be connected to the links P and P for the usual purposeof adjustment of the various parts.

The rock-shaft P is pivoted in brackets p and 19 upon the arms M and Mat the rear of the platform conveyer. An arm P upon the rock-shaft isconnected by a jointed link P to a hand-lever P which lever is pivotedupon the thrust-tongue at a point adjacent to the seat of the operator.The link P is jointed at p and slides through the yoke 12, which yoke isclose to the axis upon which the harvester-frame tilts, in order thatwhen the said frame is adjusted in height the position of the reelrelative to the cutting apparatus will not be changed. A backboard R ishung upon the rock-shaft P by arms 0 and r, and is connected to the linkI by a rod R It is thus adapted to be rocked forward as the reel isrocked toward the cutter-bar, so as to form a shore or limit againstwhich the head ends of the stream of grain are carried by the platformconveyor to the elevators. The reel is given rotation from the mainwheel by a sprocket-wheel Q, secured to the said w]1eel,and doublesprocket-wheel Qij ournaled upon the stud of the lever N, andsprocketwheel Q 011 the reel-shaft, and by chains q and q, thrown aroundsaid sprocketwheel, as best shown in Fig. 2.

The binder-shifting mechanism consists of the hand-lever T, quadrant T,the rod 15, connecting the said end lever with a lever t, pivoted uponthe gear-frame, and a second rod 2?, connecting the said lever 15 withthe binderframe at i The lever t is for the purpose of allowing the rod15 to be placed under the thrust-tongue or out of the way of the horses,and is so situated that when the harvesterframe is adjusted verticallythe binder attachment would not be moved out of adjustment because therod 25 would swing upon the lever t as a center and with its length as aradius describe with its foward end an arc that would be practically ina vertical line.

The bundle-carrier shown in the drawings is of the kind patented to JohnF. Steward, No. 482,931, dated September 20, 1892, and has connectedtherewith an automatic dumping device.

lVhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is

1. In combination, a wheel-frame, a har-,

to the axis of tilt, said jointed link connect ed to the reel-supportand to a hand-lever under control of the operator, whereby the reel canbe adjusted and be held in a given position of adjustment relative tothe harvesterframe when the said frame is rocked upon the axletree as anaxis, to be itself adjusted vertically, and a swinging backboardconnected to said jointed link, substantially as described.

2. In a header a Wheel-frame, a harvesterframe supported on outreachingarms therefrom and adapted to be rocked thereon, a lever and suspensiondevices whereby the said harvester-frame can be rocked by the operator,springs counterbalancin g the weight of said harvester-frame and anevener-yoke to which the said springs are attached, substantially asdescribed.

3. In combination, a wheel-frame, a harvesterframe supported uponoutreaching arms of said wheel-frame, and adapted to be rocked upon theaxletree of said Wheel-frame as an axis, a reel journaled in bell-crankspivoted upon said harvester-frame, a rockshaft journaled above the rearof said harvester-frame and connected by rods to said bell-cranks, ajointed link connected to said rock-shaft and to a hand-lever and guidedat a point adjacent to the axle, whereby the reel can be given difierentpositions of adj ust ment relative to said harvester-frame and held insubstantially such positions when the said harvester-frame is rockedupon said axletree, substantially as described.

EZRA A. PECK. Witnesses:

ARTHUR JOHNSON, WILLIAM F. YEsLIN.

